[GreenKeys] New Motherboard has a DB-9 serial port for us TTY users! HASWELL HASWELL!

[Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC via GreenKeys]

Ed Sharpe  says.... CHECK IT OUT!
 
it will... connect to ANYTHING and EVERYTHING  
Small an easy   to stash in a teletype base...
 
http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/mini-motherboard-gets-big-performance-boos
t-4th-gen-intel-chips/
 
 
 
WIN  Enterprises has pumped up the performance of its small-form-factor 
mini-ITX  motherboards with Intel’s latest 4th generation processors 
(code-named  “Haswell”). With Haswell inside, WIN’s new model offers up to a 15 
percent  performance advantage over its previous board. 
 
(http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/rcjWINboard.jpg)  
The  WIN Enterprises mini-ITX motherboard supports Intel’s 4th generation 
Core i7, i5  and i3 processors offering quad-, dual- and single-core options.
“We  have had mini-ITX solutions for about three years,” said John Hill, 
director of  marketing at WIN Enterprises. “It’s an area where we are 
staying on top of the  technology curve in terms of the latest CPUs.” 
The  mini-ITX form factor measures just 170-by-170 millimeters (6.7 inches 
square),  making it perfect for small-scale applications that nevertheless 
need the  horsepower behind Intel’s 4th generation i3/15/i7 Core processors 
featuring the  chipmaker’s latest 22-nanometer process technologies. The 
small size of the  MB-73340 mini-ITX makes it a good match for many embedded 
applications such as  information kiosks, retail point-of-sale, digital 
displays, counter-based  medical diagnostic equipment, test and measurement, 
networked-military  applications and analytic-security applications. 
“Because  of its small form factor, mini-ITX is attractive to a variety of 
areas, from  factory automation to digital displays to card-based medical 
devices, because  they can be implemented in very small packages,” said Hill. 
The  MB-73340 has a land-grid-array (LGA) 1150 socket that allows the user 
to plug in  any Intel 4th generation Core processor—i7, i5 or i3—which 
enables quad-core,  dual-core and single core options. The board is a high 
performance, low power  solution with built-in graphics and comes with Intel’s 
H81 express chipset, but  is also compatible with the Q87 chipset which offers 
virtualization. 
“We’ll  have two versions of the board, one using the H81 Express chipset 
and one using  the Q87 chipset,” said WIN Enterprises Technical Project 
Manager Todd Sirois.  “The H81 is the lower cost solution, for customers who don’
t need  virtualization, but the Q87 chip set is a drop in replacement for 
applications  that need direct I/O virtualization—what Intel calls VT-d.” 
Up  to four SATA hard disks, two six-gigabit per second ports and two 
three-gigabit  per second ports—or solid-state-disks (SSDs)—are supported, as 
well as two  double data rate type three (DDR3 at 1600 megahertz) slots for 
small outline  dual in-line memory modules (SODIMMs) that hold up to 
16-gigabytes of dynamic  random access memory (DRAM). The MB-73340 also has a 
subscriber identification  module (SIM) socket for machine-to-machine (M2M) 
applications using a cellular  connection to transmit data. 
“The  SIM socket is married to our mini-PCIe slot which allows you to 
install cellular  modems,” said Sirois. “The SIM card is for the subscriber 
identification  module.” 
The  MB-73340 supports up to six serial COM ports (one with a DB9 
connector) and up  to eight USB ports—two USB 3.0 connectors and six USB 2.0 
including two  connectors) as well as headers for linear predictive coding (LPC) and 
a System  Management Bus (SMBus). Two gigabit Ethernet ports are also 
provided along with  a PCI-Express X16 and a PCI-Express X1 slots via a riser 
card. 
The  MB-73340 also has a header for connection to the enclosure’s fan which 
can be  controlled with smart software logic that recognizes a temperature 
sensor. 
“The  smart fan allows you to either hard-code the fan speed to what works 
best both  acoustically and thermally, or you can add a little bit of logic 
so that it will  detect for itself what the temperatures are inside of the 
cabinet so it can spin  the fans accordingly,” said Sirois. 
The  MB-73340 has connectors for HDMI, VGA and DVI-D external displays. And 
for  applications with a built-in flat-panel display—or even a touchscreen—
the  MB-73340 board also has its own dual-channel low-voltage differential 
signaling  (LVDS) header. 
“Our  LVDS is for integrated panels in kiosk types of set ups—including  
touchscreens—because we have both COM and USB ports to drive either one,” 
said  Sirois. 
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